Acuity Brands Inc

Acuity Brands Inc

AYI · NYSE · Industrials / Electrical Equipment & Parts

330.53USD+0.25 (+0.08%)

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Market Stats

Previous Close330.28
Open332.60
Day Range324.49 – 333.17
52-Week Range256.71 – 379.43
Volume183.20K
Market Cap9.56B
P/E (TTM)21.20
Forward P/E14.10
EPS15.07
Dividend Yield0.25%
Beta1.29
50-Day Avg333.03
200-Day Avg315.97

About

Acuity Inc. provides lighting, lighting controls, building management system, and an audio, video, and control platform in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, Acuity Brands Lighting (ABL); and the Acuity Intelligent Spaces (AIS). The ABL segment provides lighting solutions and luminaires with advanced electronics under the Aculux, American Electric Lighting, Cyclone, Dark to Light, eldoLED, Eureka, Fresco, Gotham, Healthcare Lighting, Holophane, Hydrel, IOTA, Juno, Lithonia Lighting, Luminaire LED, Luminis, Mark Architectural Lighting, Nightingale, nLight, Peerless, RELOC Wiring Solutions, and SensorSwitch brand names. This segment serves electrical distributors, consumer retailers, large corporate accounts, and original equipment manufacturer customers. The AIS segment offers Distech Controls intelligent Building Management Systems (BMS), such as products for controlling heating, ventilation, air conditioning, lighting, shades, refrigeration, and building access that prioritize end-user outcomes; Q-SYS, a full-stack audio, video, and control platform, and QSC Audio, an audio technology for live entertainers and sound reinforcement professionals. This segment serves retail stores, airports, universities, enterprise campuses, sports venues, themed entertainment, and hospitality sectors through system integrators. It offers its products and solutions under the Atrius, Distech Controls, QSC, and KE2 Therm Solutions brands. Acuity Inc. was formerly known as Acuity Brands, Inc. and changed its name to Acuity Inc. in March 2025. Acuity Inc. was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Company Details

  • SectorIndustrials
  • IndustryElectrical Equipment & Parts
  • CEOMr. Neil M. Ashe
  • Employees13.80K
  • Headquarters1170 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, GA, United States, 30309, USA
  • Websitehttps://www.acuityinc.com

Leadership

  • Mr. Neil M. AsheChairman, President & CEO · b. 1968
  • Ms. Karen J. Holcom CPASenior VP & CFO · b. 1969
  • Mr. Barry R. Goldman J.D.Senior VP & General Counsel · b. 1966
  • Ms. Charlotte McLaughlinVice President of Investor Relations
  • Ms. April Johnson ApplingSenior Vice President of Corporate Marketing & Communications
  • Mr. Philippe BrzusczakSenior Vice President of Corporate Development & Strategy
  • Chanda KirchnerVP & Corporate Secretary
  • Ms. Hannah GreinetzSenior Enterprise Customer Success Manager
  • Mr. Sandeep ModhvadiaVice President of Product Development
  • Mr. Eugene MazoVice President of Atrius

Financials

Income Statement

Currency: USD2000-08-312001-08-312002-08-312003-08-312004-08-312005-08-312006-08-312007-08-312008-08-312009-08-312010-08-312011-08-312012-08-312013-08-312014-08-312015-08-312016-08-312017-08-312018-08-312019-08-312020-08-312021-08-312022-08-312023-08-312024-08-312025-08-31
Total Revenue2.02B1.98B1.97B2.05B2.10B2.17B1.84B1.96B2.03B1.66B1.63B1.80B1.93B2.09B2.39B2.71B3.29B3.51B3.68B3.67B3.33B3.46B4.01B3.95B3.84B4.35B
Growth (%)--2.02%-0.50%+3.88%+2.68%+3.26%-15.27%+6.72%+3.15%-18.22%-1.84%+10.38%+7.69%+8.04%+14.57%+13.09%+21.60%+6.50%+4.99%-0.20%-9.43%+4.05%+15.75%-1.35%-2.81%+13.14%
Cost of Revenue1.13B1.14B1.17B1.24B1.25B1.32B1.19B1.22B1.21B1.02B965.40M1.07B1.15B1.25B1.41B1.56B1.86B2.02B2.19B2.19B1.92B1.99B2.33B2.24B2.06B2.27B
Gross Profit896.16M841.35M803.51M813.41M850.79M848.54M652.84M744.32M815.79M635.10M661.50M730.00M788.00M837.60M979.20M1.15B1.44B1.48B1.49B1.48B1.40B1.48B1.67B1.71B1.78B2.08B
Gross Margin44.28%42.43%40.73%39.69%40.43%39.05%35.46%37.88%40.25%38.32%40.66%40.65%40.75%40.09%40.91%42.32%43.64%42.26%40.36%40.29%42.16%42.62%41.75%43.35%46.39%47.83%
Operating Expense716.23M701.76M683.39M703.13M712.86M741.80M500.72M521.89M554.74M481.35M503.80M541.30M580.00M616.10M680.10M769.30M961.00M953.60M1.02B1.02B1.05B1.05B1.16B1.24B1.23B1.48B
Operating Income179.94M139.59M120.13M110.28M137.93M106.75M152.12M222.42M261.06M153.75M157.70M188.70M208.00M221.50M299.10M376.30M475.20M527.50M460.80M462.90M353.90M427.60M509.70M473.40M553.30M593.60M
Operating Margin8.89%7.04%6.09%5.38%6.55%4.91%8.26%11.32%12.88%9.28%9.69%10.51%10.76%10.60%12.50%13.90%14.44%15.05%12.52%12.60%10.64%12.35%12.72%11.98%14.41%13.66%
EBITDA-206.58M169.62M156.31M180.89M147.82M183.75M259.84M299.14M192.62M185.10M228.10M250.10M265.80M341.70M422.00M568.70M601.30M541.70M548.40M479.30M520.50M603.20M588.50M665.00M655.30M
EBITDA Margin-10.42%8.60%7.63%8.60%6.80%9.98%13.22%14.76%11.62%11.38%12.70%12.93%12.72%14.28%15.59%17.28%17.16%14.72%14.93%14.41%15.04%15.06%14.89%17.31%15.08%
Net Income83.69M40.50M52.02M47.78M67.21M52.23M106.56M148.05M148.25M84.91M79.60M105.50M116.30M127.40M175.80M222.10M290.80M321.70M349.60M330.40M248.30M306.30M384.00M346.00M422.60M396.60M
Net Income Margin4.14%2.04%2.64%2.33%3.19%2.40%5.79%7.54%7.32%5.12%4.89%5.88%6.01%6.10%7.34%8.21%8.84%9.18%9.50%9.00%7.46%8.85%9.59%8.75%11.00%9.13%
R&D18.60M17.00M22.00M27.40M30.00M28.90M32.00M33.60M30.30M20.80M28.00M31.30M34.70M32.70M35.30M41.10M47.10M52.00M63.90M74.70M82.00M88.30M95.10M97.10M102.30M140.20M
R&D as % of Total Revenue0.92%0.86%1.12%1.34%1.43%1.33%1.74%1.71%1.50%1.25%1.72%1.74%1.79%1.57%1.47%1.52%1.43%1.48%1.74%2.03%2.47%2.55%2.37%2.46%2.66%3.23%
Interest Expense0040.69M37.38M34.88M35.73M33.23M30.14M34.75M29.56M29.80M30.40M30.70M31.90M32.60M32.60M33.30M34.10M35.50M36.40M26.40M24.20M27.00M27.90M25.30M42.50M
Interest Expense % of Total Revenue0.00%0.00%2.06%1.82%1.66%1.64%1.81%1.53%1.71%1.78%1.83%1.69%1.59%1.53%1.36%1.20%1.01%0.97%0.96%0.99%0.79%0.70%0.67%0.71%0.66%0.98%

Balance Sheet

Currency: USD2000-08-312001-08-312002-08-312003-08-312004-08-312005-08-312006-08-312007-08-312008-08-312009-08-312010-08-312011-08-312012-08-312013-08-312014-08-312015-08-312016-08-312017-08-312018-08-312019-08-312020-08-312021-08-312022-08-312023-08-312024-08-312025-08-31
Total Assets1.42B1.33B1.36B1.29B1.36B1.44B1.44B1.61B1.41B1.29B1.50B1.60B1.74B1.90B2.17B2.43B2.95B2.90B2.99B3.17B3.49B3.58B3.48B3.41B3.81B4.76B
Total Liabilities980.08M947.28M956.00M879.92M886.55M900.42M901.86M940.54M833.14M618.46M805.90M840.40M902.90M910.30M1.00B1.07B1.29B1.23B1.27B1.25B1.36B1.53B1.57B1.39B1.44B2.03B
Total Equity442.80M383.30M401.95M408.29M477.98M541.79M542.26M671.97M575.55M668.71M694.40M757.00M834.00M993.50M1.16B1.36B1.66B1.67B1.72B1.92B2.13B2.04B1.91B2.02B2.38B2.72B
Cash1.51M8.01M2.69M16.05M14.13M98.53M88.65M222.82M297.10M18.68M191.00M170.20M284.50M359.10M552.50M756.80M413.20M311.10M129.10M461.00M560.70M491.30M223.20M397.90M845.80M422.50M
Total Debt-608.83M543.12M445.81M395.72M372.30M371.89M364.17M363.94M231.50M353.30M353.40M353.50M353.60M705.50M352.40M355.20M356.90M356.80M356.60M475.10M510.20M596.10M515.30M573.50M1.00B
Net Debt-600.82M540.43M429.75M381.59M273.77M283.25M150.50M66.84M212.80M162.30M183.20M69.00M-5.50M-198.90M-404.40M-58.00M45.80M227.70M-104.40M-85.60M3.00M372.90M97.70M-272.30M581.90M

Cash Flow

Currency: USD2000-08-312001-08-312002-08-312003-08-312004-08-312005-08-312006-08-312007-08-312008-08-312009-08-312010-08-312011-08-312012-08-312013-08-312014-08-312015-08-312016-08-312017-08-312018-08-312019-08-312020-08-312021-08-312022-08-312023-08-312024-08-312025-08-31
Operating Cash Flow63.99M183.65M146.84M160.34M113.25M137.09M155.88M241.16M226.05M92.44M160.50M160.80M172.20M132.30M233.10M288.90M345.70M316.20M353.20M494.70M504.80M408.70M316.30M578.10M619.20M601.40M
Investing Cash Flow--44.14M-49.89M-26.34M-49.58M-29.40M-23.66M-78.48M-30.88M-183.15M-44.30M-112.20M-35.10M-58.50M-34.30M-72.40M-704.70M-48.80M-205.70M-53.00M-359.80M-117.90M-62.20M-90.70M-65.10M-1.28B
Financing Cash Flow22.56M-132.14M-102.12M-120.43M-65.90M-22.72M-143.43M-30.11M-112.51M-180.61M59.20M-71.80M-18.70M1.10M-6.30M-3.90M19.30M-371.40M-326.70M-108.20M-50.30M-362.60M-512.40M-312.90M-104.50M255.40M
Capital Expenditure62.91M47.61M33.48M28.25M53.82M32.64M28.56M36.87M27.17M21.25M44.50M23.30M31.40M40.60M35.30M56.50M83.70M67.30M43.60M53.00M54.90M43.80M56.50M66.70M64.00M68.40M
Free Cash Flow-136.04M113.36M132.10M59.43M104.45M127.32M204.29M198.89M71.19M116.00M137.50M140.80M91.70M197.80M232.40M262.00M248.90M309.60M441.70M449.90M364.90M259.80M511.40M555.20M533.00M
Dividends Paid--18.61M24.91M25.41M26.34M26.85M26.36M22.47M21.63M22.60M22.60M22.00M22.40M22.50M22.70M22.90M22.70M21.40M20.80M20.80M19.10M18.10M16.80M18.20M20.60M
FCF to OCF-74.08%77.20%82.38%52.48%76.19%81.68%84.71%87.98%77.01%72.27%85.51%81.77%69.31%84.86%80.44%75.79%78.72%87.66%89.29%89.12%89.28%82.14%88.46%89.66%88.63%
Dividend Paid to FCF--16.41%18.86%42.75%25.22%21.09%12.90%11.30%30.39%19.48%16.44%15.63%24.43%11.38%9.77%8.74%9.12%6.91%4.71%4.62%5.23%6.97%3.29%3.28%3.86%

Earnings

Report DateDec 20, 2001Mar 27, 2002Jun 25, 2002Oct 3, 2002Dec 18, 2002Mar 25, 2003Jun 24, 2003Oct 2, 2003Dec 18, 2003Apr 6, 2004Jul 6, 2004Oct 5, 2004Jan 6, 2005Apr 4, 2005Jul 6, 2005Oct 5, 2005Jan 4, 2006Apr 5, 2006Jul 6, 2006Oct 5, 2006Jan 4, 2007Apr 4, 2007Jul 10, 2007Oct 4, 2007Jan 8, 2008Apr 3, 2008Jul 2, 2008Oct 7, 2008Jan 6, 2009Apr 2, 2009Jul 2, 2009Oct 7, 2009Jan 6, 2010Mar 31, 2010Jun 30, 2010Oct 6, 2010Jan 10, 2011Mar 30, 2011Jun 29, 2011Oct 5, 2011Jan 9, 2012Apr 4, 2012Jul 2, 2012Oct 2, 2012Jan 8, 2013Apr 3, 2013Jul 2, 2013Oct 1, 2013Jan 9, 2014Apr 2, 2014Jul 1, 2014Oct 1, 2014Jan 9, 2015Apr 1, 2015Jul 1, 2015Oct 7, 2015Jan 8, 2016Apr 6, 2016Jun 29, 2016Oct 5, 2016Jan 9, 2017Apr 4, 2017Jun 29, 2017Oct 4, 2017Jan 9, 2018Apr 4, 2018Jul 3, 2018Oct 3, 2018Jan 9, 2019Apr 3, 2019Jul 2, 2019Oct 2, 2019Jan 9, 2020Apr 2, 2020Jun 30, 2020Oct 8, 2020Jan 7, 2021Mar 31, 2021Jul 1, 2021Oct 6, 2021Jan 7, 2022Apr 5, 2022Jun 30, 2022Oct 4, 2022Jan 9, 2023Apr 4, 2023Jun 29, 2023Oct 4, 2023Jan 9, 2024Apr 3, 2024Jun 27, 2024Oct 1, 2024Jan 8, 2025Apr 3, 2025Jun 26, 2025Oct 1, 2025Jan 8, 2026Apr 2, 2026Jun 25, 2026Oct 1, 2026
EPS Estimate--0.290.260.240.230.370.390.250.160.440.540.30-0.020.500.670.420.360.570.850.640.490.881.180.820.680.981.080.760.530.570.570.500.390.560.590.590.500.630.790.670.620.780.920.800.610.871.010.840.831.131.221.131.051.351.621.581.572.032.392.181.842.032.432.082.132.172.672.131.782.512.822.211.901.352.011.861.742.282.872.412.372.913.613.022.733.733.733.233.234.084.273.903.704.444.844.594.004.845.32
EPS Actual0.280.260.350.320.250.190.370.500.300.220.420.620.300.060.440.610.480.320.630.930.770.620.891.180.930.821.011.020.820.420.540.680.530.400.480.670.560.450.620.790.740.570.820.880.690.620.971.030.960.751.001.261.321.081.371.631.651.802.062.212.001.772.152.551.941.892.372.682.321.992.532.752.131.841.942.352.032.122.773.272.852.573.523.953.293.063.753.973.723.384.154.303.973.735.125.204.694.144.97-
Surprise--20.69%23.08%4.17%-17.39%0.00%28.21%20.00%37.50%-4.55%14.81%0.00%400.00%-12.00%-8.96%14.29%-11.11%10.53%9.41%20.31%26.53%1.14%0.00%13.41%20.59%3.06%-5.56%7.89%-20.75%-5.26%19.30%6.00%2.56%-14.29%13.56%-5.08%-10.00%-1.59%0.00%10.45%-8.06%5.13%-4.35%-13.75%1.64%11.49%1.98%14.29%-9.64%-11.50%3.28%16.81%2.86%1.48%0.62%4.43%14.65%1.48%-7.53%-8.26%-3.80%5.91%4.94%-6.73%-11.27%9.22%0.37%8.92%11.80%0.80%-2.48%-3.62%-3.16%43.70%16.92%9.14%21.84%21.49%13.94%18.26%8.44%20.96%9.42%8.94%12.09%0.54%6.43%15.17%4.64%1.72%0.70%1.79%0.81%15.32%7.44%2.18%3.50%2.69%-
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Key Statistics & Ratios

Market Cap9.56B
Enterprise Value9.55B
Trailing P/E21.20
Forward P/E14.10
PEG Ratio1.21
Price / Sales2.08
Price / Book3.21
EPS15.07
Book Value95.37
Revenue (TTM)4.61B
Gross Profit (TTM)2.24B
EBITDA745.90M
Profit Margin10.25%
Operating Margin16.05%
Return on Equity17.38%
Return on Assets7.83%
Shares Outstanding29.94M
Shares Float29.53M
Beta1.29
Dividend Yield0.25%
Dividend Rate0.77
Payout Ratio4.05%

Analyst Ratings

Buy
Based on 9 analystsTarget 398.29
  • Strong Buy
    4
  • Buy
    2
  • Hold
    3

Ownership Breakdown

Institutions
103.15%
Insiders
0.41%
Retail / Other
0.00%

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    1.38M4.60%
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    771.22K2.58%
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    690.62K2.31%
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    658.21K2.20%
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    583.04K1.95%
  • Geode Capital Management, LLC
    576.45K1.93%
  • Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc
    549.64K1.84%
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    535.56K1.79%

Top Fund Holders

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    1.05M3.52%
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    964.51K3.22%
  • Strategic Advisers Fidelity US TtlStk
    947.79K3.17%
  • Vanguard Small Cap Index
    697.48K2.33%
  • FullerThaler Behavioral Sm-Cp Eq R6
    688.93K2.30%
  • American Century Ultra® Inv
    492.00K1.64%

Dividends

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0.20Oct 16, 20260.20Jul 17, 20260.20Apr 17, 20260.20Feb 2, 2026
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0.17Oct 17, 20250.17Jul 18, 20250.17Apr 17, 20250.17Feb 3, 2025
20244×
0.15Oct 18, 20240.15Jul 18, 20240.15Apr 16, 20240.15Feb 2, 2024
20234×
0.13Oct 17, 20230.13Jul 17, 20230.13Apr 14, 20230.13Feb 3, 2023
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0.13Oct 14, 20220.13Jul 14, 20220.13Apr 14, 20220.13Jan 19, 2022
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0.13Oct 14, 20210.13Jul 15, 20210.13Apr 15, 20210.13Jan 19, 2021